Alpha Classics

A very fine selection of recent works for a still undervalued instrument by important composers in excellent performances [HC]

A prevailingly cheerful and upbeat recital, aptly programmed and joyfully executed [RMo]

An impressive coupling of unjustly neglected gems [PRJ]

A stimulating and highly entertaining programme [JQ]

Hellish virtuosity meets refined musical grace [JF]

A really impressive, beautifully balanced partnership resulting in a memorable account of Sibelius’ wonderful concerto paired with a superb Lemminkäinen Suite [RMo]

Interesting and musically compelling survey of French music from around 1700 [JV]

Louise Acebo is the ideal interpreter of Chambonnières’ music [JV]

Leonkoro Quartet impress in works of Berg, Webern and Schulhoff [LW]

A welcome addition to Passiontide discography and testimony to the art of the late Denis Raisin Dadre [JV]

Intensity, irony, intimacy: modernism unveiled [JF]

Giorgi Gigashvili delivers impressive accounts of Prokofiev’s challenging “War Sonata” trilogy [RC]

This deserves a place in a catalogue already full of recordings of Bach’s violin concertos [JV]

An attractive disc displaying much of Offenbach’s characteristic appeal [RWe]

A lot going for this recording – but significant reservations too [JQ]

A marvellous release, particular for a best-of-both-worlds Sinfonia Concertante [ST]

Outstanding accounts of Debussy’s and Szymanowski’s string quartets [LW]

Illuminating Schubert from Martin Helmchen [DHa]

A 90th birthday tribute that serves as an exemplary introduction to Arvo Pärt [LW]

Great talent and energy from all concerned for a Baroque rediscovery that might have been best left undisturbed [MP]

An accomplished and stylistically faithful account of Rameau’s third opera [RMo]

An interesting programme of out-of-the way American works for two pianos and orchestra [EJW]

A curiosity, but also a missed opportunity [ST]

A charming trio of French first symphonies – not major music, but beautifully played and exuding good humour [RMo]